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microcephalic, a. and n. Path. and Anthropology.|maɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk|
[ad. F. microcéphalique, f. mod.L. mīcrocephal-us: see microcephalus and -ic.]
a. adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, microcephaly.
b. n. A microcephalic person.
1856in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1864W. Turner in Q. Jrnl. Sci. I. 257 Now the Neanderthal skull cannot be regarded as microcephalic. 1873Eng. Cycl., Arts & Sci. Suppl. 1552 Microcephalics, persons with small heads. This deformity is associated with mental defect. 1879H. Maudsley Pathol. Mind v. 176 A microcephalic idiot. 1880Nature 8 Jan. 224/1 The now extinct Tasmanian race was..microcephalic. |